Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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COURSES OF STUDY A. LANGUAGE 2. Commercial Arithmetic. Terms, I. IV. I. English. Terms I. IV. 2 English, Terms V. VIII. 3. Latin, Terms I. IV. 4. Latin, Terms V. VIII. 5 German, Terms I. IV. B. MATHEMATICS 1. Algebra, Terms I. II. 2 Plane Geometry, Terms I. II. - Language .......,....... 3 Adv- Algebra- Terms I- Mathematics is IB 1 and 21. . . C. SCIENCE I. Physiography, Terms I. II. History ID. 3 and 47 ..... Science IC. 2.1 ....... 2. Chemistry, Terms I. II. Elective ..-,,,-. 3. Physics, Terms I. II. Total I D '....' 1 i D. HISTORY 1. Ancient, Terms I. II. -at 2. Mediaval at Modern, Terms 1. 11. INDUSTRIAL 3- English' Terms I- II- English .......... ............ 4. United States 82 Civics, Terms I. II. Comme,-cial Training , , I Mary Baird. Latin, English. Commercial Arithmetic Alice BiXby, Latin, English, Commercial Branches. Commercial Geography , Mary Newby, Mathematics, Science, German. Commercial Law - Algebra ......... COURSE OF STUDY Elective: , , 3. Commercial Geography. Terms I. 4. Commercial Law. Terms I. 5. Stenography and Typewriting. Terms I. REQYIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION . . .Eight . . . .Four . . .Four . . . . .Two .Fourteen Thirty-two ....Eight ...Four .Two ...One ...One IV. Terms. Terms Terms Terms. Terms Terms Terms Terms Terms Term Term. . . . .Two Terms. Fourteen Terms. 1. Commercial Training. Terms, I. IV. Total . ...Thirty-two Terms

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INTFQODUCTORY The Llberty Unlon Hlgh School was established 1902 by the unlon of the several dlstrlcts named on another page, together with Jersey distrlct, which lapsed ln 1908. The hulldlng. now occupied, was erected by the hlgh school dls- trlct ln 1908. The school has made a steady growth from lts organlzatlon. AIM: While the school does not stand elther as a polytechnlc and trade school or as a college preparatory school, it alms to offer lts students such courses of study and such quallty of instruction as wlll prepare them to enter into the unlversltles of the State or to take up thc ordlnary occupations open to them with the best prepara- tlon the Hlgh School can glve them during the time they spend here. Wlth this purpose ln vlew every effort ls made to form right thlnklng, that the actlons repeated may become right hablts and so form a strong character. EQUIPMENT: The School possesses a good and growing equipment ln the shape of an excellent reference llbrary and maps for classlcal, historical, llterary and Sclentltlc studles. a well equlpped chemical laboratory, and expect to have the physical laboratory ready for the com- with desks and the most modern desks for the Commercial lng year. The school owns flve modern typewrlters Department. ENTRANCE: Graduates of the grammar schools of Contra Costa County are admitted without examination. Graduates of other schools of equal rank are admitted upon presentation of satisfactory evidence. Students without satisfactory credentials may be admltfed to full standlng upon acceptably passlng the Hlgh School examlnatlon given just before school opens lu the fall. GRADUATION: Students who acceptahly complete the four Qears course are glven a dlploma of graduation and those graduates who pursue a course of study that is acceptable to the State Unlverslty and whose work ls of sufficiently hlgh quality vtlll be admitted to the University without examination, upon the prlnclpal's recommendatlon. Students vtho leave the school before completing the full course wlll recelve upon request, a certltlcate stating the amount and grade of work they have successfully accom- pllshed. This arrangement ls intended for the henetllt of those who are not able to complete the full course. or who wlsh to take only a short course In Commerlclnl or special studles. EXPENSES: Students are required to furnlsh thelr own text-books, a I-llgh School international Dlctlonary. note-books. scratch books, and penclls. There ls also a small laboratory charge to cover breakage.

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l. Term is 20 weeks with at least four recitatinns per week. 2. No credit for a year-subject until satisfactorily completed. 3. Students who have a scholarship standing of at least 90 per cent and a Deportment standing of at least 90 per cent for the year are excused from final examinations. 4. Scholarship standing is based upon tal daily work, 'Ibn weekly reviews. .lcl monthly examinations. 5. Deportment per cent indicates what the student is doing ln relation to what he could do ll' making very best eflort. To illustrate S0 per cent in deportment Indicates that the student is doing 80-100 or 80 per cent of what he ls capable of doing. 6. Prompt and regular attendance, with cooperation of parents are essential elements of success. T. To reach an honorary standing 690 per centl students should form the habit of studying five evenings per week from 7 to 9 o'clock. THE CONSTITVTION OF THE SCHOOL 1. Students have a right to do that which will strengthen them:-u-Ives. help n classmate and raise the standard of the school. 2. Since the outcome of Education Is the bulldlng of character and character is made up of habits, the formation of right habits is given careful conslderatlon. JOSIXIBS. From we, the undersigned Sophs.: 1. Bill lFrank Bonnicksonl C. Squlnt 1Zllla Cook! Z. Skimpy lMorgan Schroderl W. Katrina 4Katie Murphy.l G. Greet llviarguerlte Geddesl Earle to Miss B.islylyl-It the President and the Vice-President should die. who would get the job? Miss B.--The nndertaker, of course. Edna Heck to Miss Newby, the day of the tire- Have-n't we had two strenuous days: Mr. Thomas yesterday and the fire today?